I will be voting NO on both bond proposals – there is no emergency and certainly no reason to go into debt and spend at least $16 Million on interest alone. IF more parks and open space are needed, those could be funded over time without going into debt. The proposed bond to build a fire training facility is particularly troublesome as I have been heavily involved in emergency management and planning for about 8 years and I question the need for such a facility to replace the existing training facilities. Even IF the new fire training facility was needed, the facility should be built through a cooperative effort with the other cities in the county, Ada County and probably the state for joint use, not funded solely by Boise taxpayers.

As to the Boise City council races, the current city council is controlled by Mayor Bieter and goes along with anything he wants (including the 20% increase in salary that he wanted earlier this year). Even though we have been in a recession with many people losing their jobs, struggling to hang onto their homes and/or struggling to pay their bills, Boise city has raised property taxes every single year! The incumbents have clearly shown their “tax and spend” mentality! All three Boise city council incumbents need to go as we cannot afford their relentless tax increases and accordingly, I plan to vote for Bill Jaroki, Paul Fortin and Tyler Smith.

The Boise Mayor and council waste far too much of our tax dollars. Just a few examples: For each of the last 3 years, Boise has paid $10,000 per year to one of Bieter’s pals to be “available” as a lobbyist under a contract that also would pay him an additional $500 per day for actually lobbying. According to the City’s records (which are sparse), Bieter’s pal has been paid $30,000 even though no work has been done. I obtained copies of emails showing that Bieter’s pal offered to help the City and Bieter for free and that he hasn’t provided services – so why is Boise paying him $10,000 each year?
Another example: Boise recently mailed out thousands of invitations to the “Bieter Ball” (which is nothing more than a publicity party for Bieter) without including the date of the event on the invitations and then spent more of our tax dollars with a second mailing to provide the date of the event! It is easy to find plenty of examples of wasted tax dollars but then this message would be far too long…….

Please help spread the word………….

Too bad those running against can’t figure this out.